Books

This work untangles the intricacies of the US-Israeli-Palestinian relationship. Sixteen years after its first publication, Chomsky has revised and updated this corrosive study, hailed as a defining work on modern US foreign policy in the Middle East, to cover the significant developments of the 1980s and 1990s. Examining America's search for a "reliable ally" in the Middle East and beyond, in a determined effort to ensure American control of oil in the Arabian peninsula, Chomsky lays bare the contortions, lies and misinformation that have been used over the years to obscure the real agenda. In the process he reveals the extent to which modern nation-states make claims for peace while actively pursuing very different objectives. This updated edition aims to provide a corrective to the mythmaking that has obscured the real history of "peace" negotiations in the Middle East.

Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide distils thework of academics and experts into a highly readable introduction. Thisis the book to read if you want to understand the root of the conflictand how apartheid applies to the situation in Palestine.

Ben White begins by succinctly explaining the origins of Zionisttheory and colonization and details what happened in 1948 during thecreation of Israel, as Palestinians were killed, driven from theirhomes and deprived of their land and livelihoods.